''Wendingen'' (

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: ''Inversion'' or ''Upheaval'', literally ''turns'') was an architecture and art magazine that appeared from 1918 to 1932. It was a monthly publication aimed at architects and interior designers. The booklet was published by Amsterdam publisher Hooge Brug (1918–1923) and by the Santpoort publisher C.A. Mees (1924–1931). It was a mouthpiece for the architect association Architectura et Amicitia. (Architecture and Friendship). The chief editor was the architect Hendricus Theodorus Wijdeveld. Wendingen initially was an important platform for Dutch

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, also known as the

Amsterdam School The Amsterdam School (Dutch: ''Amsterdamse School'') is a style of architecture that arose from 1910 through about 1930 in the Netherlands. The Amsterdam School movement is part of international Expressionist architecture, sometimes linked ...

, and later endorsed the

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. In spite of the link of ''Wendingen'' with an architect's association, the contents of the booklet were not limited to architecture but attention was also given to art and design. The magazine gained recognition not only through its content but also by its remarkable square format and the striking typography of architect Hendrik Wijdeveld,

El Lissitzky El Lissitzky (, born Lazar Markovich Lissitzky , ; – 30 December 1941), was a Soviet Jewish artist, active as a painter, illustrator, designer, printmaker, photographer, and architect. He was an important figure of the Russian avant-garde, h ...

, Vilmos Huszar and others. In

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of the 1920s are three notable movements:

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and

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. The magazine ''Wendingen'' (first issue January 1918) was influential on international Expressionist architecture. The other Dutch magazine ''

De Stijl De Stijl (, ; 'The Style') was a Dutch art movement founded in 1917 by a group of artists and architects based in Leiden (Theo van Doesburg, Jacobus Oud, J.J.P. Oud), Voorburg (Vilmos Huszár, Jan Wils) and Laren, North Holland, Laren (Piet Mo ...

'' (first issue October 1917) was influential on the

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Book cover illustrations 1918–1931

Bibliography

M.F. Le Coultre, ''Wendingen 1918-1932 - Architectuur en vormgeving'',

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2001. Dutch edition, 272 pages with articles and all 116 covers. M.F. Le Coultre, ''Wendingen: a journal for the arts, 1918-1932'', New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2001. English edition, 272 pages with articles and all 116 covers.

External links

Wendingen
Digital Magazines IADDB. See also Periodicals: Wendingen Dutch, English, French, German. (Publication date, not date in magazine).
Wendingen
Dutch digital platform

Het maandblad ''Wendingen'' (Website ZuidelijkeWandelweg.nl)
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